Oceanic loading of wildfire-derived organic compounds from a small mountainous river

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hunsinger, Glendon B ^a   Mitra, Siddhartha ^a,b   Warrick, Jonathan A ^c   Alexander, Clark R ^d  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; LIGNIN; LOADING; ORGANIC CARBON; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; SANTA CLARA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449100826     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000476     Document Type: Article

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